Provocative is valid Scrabble Word

Is provocative a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is provocative valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

11 letters word
21 points in Scrabble
25 points in WWF

Definitions for PROVOCATIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:

something that provokes
Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

ADJECTIVE:

serving to provoke
causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately
intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or interest
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
exciting sexual desire

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

Words related to PROVOCATIVE

provocatively26 provocativeness25 provocatives22 provocatory21

Words that contain PROVOCATIVE

provocatives22 provocatively26 unprovocative23 provocativeness25 provocativenesses27

How to use PROVOCATIVE in a sentence

Only the Social Democratic Party persisted in asserting that Austria was the provocative and guilty party down to the evening of July 28th.
As long as the negotiations between Austria and Servia continue, my troops will undertake no provocative action.
It was becoming quite a regular thing for her to wait and have her tea with him now, an arrangement which was provocative of many sly remarks on the part of Mrs.
It came to me that the creature had regarded my past success in observing this treaty with a kind of provocative resentment.
Boswell is equally frank in describing himself in situations more provocative of contempt than even drunkenness in a drawing-room.
An intolerant manner, a little provocative harshness, and the thing was done.
Penrod leaned against the fence, and, lifting one leg, tested the knee-joint by swinging his foot back and forth, a process evidently provocative of a little pain.
This was harassing and provocative of vengeance to the military and such wretched police as existed in that day.
The chapter on Naturalism owes much to its brilliant and provocative discussions.
It appears that the circumstances under which Darius obtained the throne were more than usually provocative of the spirit of disaffection and rebellion.

Evidence to this effect had been furnished to the Police Department by the spy and provocative agent, Azev.
The challenge of their shallow admiration seemed presumptuous, almost provocative.
With me, their self-reliance had sometimes been hard, almost provocative, as if the spirit behind them defied the world to break it down.
Others than they must have been the parties wishing to use force, provocative of hostilities.
Much has been said of the effect of the comparative isolation of such a community, which is apt to be provocative of internal dissension.
JUSTICE HOWLING may be relied upon to put up a show provocative of never-failing mirth.
Conversation with him was not merely instructive, but provocative to the dormant intelligence.
But, after all, he was certainly doing us some service, though in a most provocative and high-handed manner.
He stood there, below the level of the street, shut in with those beings unknown, provocative, and full of half-divined implications.
She was not aware that she ought to be bright, welcoming, provocative, for a penny farthing an hour.
The poverty of privation itself was provocative of the sincere laughter of the inmost man, the true, infrequent laughter of the heart.
She had dark brown hair, long lashed, soft, dark eyes, a provocative, mobile mouth, and a nice pinky-tan colouring.
It was never provocative or revolutionary, but it was national and Italian.
The breath of spring was over all, roving, fragrant, provocative.
She looked bold, provocative, expectant, yet sincere.
The wife was shrill and provocative, the husband curt and contemptuous.
His own experiences had awakened new ideas that he pondered, having a very provocative suggestion at his side.
The nearer that Susan drew the more provocative of astonishment was her general appearance.

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